Headline Art Matters. Because Your Imagination Can Change the World Гейман Нил

When barrister and author Sarah Langford left her city life behind she found herself unexpectedly back in the world of farming. It was not how she remembered. Instead, she saw farmers dealing with very different problems to those faced by her grandfather, considered a hero for having fed a starving nation after war. Now farmers faced accusations of ecological mismanagement by a hostile urban media whilst battling extreme weather and political upheaval. Yet as Sarah learned how to farm and grew closer to the land, she discovered a new generation on a path of regenerative change • In Rooted, Sarah weaves her own story around those who taught her what it means to be a farmer. She shines a light on the human side of modern farming, and shows how land connects us all, not only in terms of global sustainability but in our relationships with our physical and mental health, our communities and our planet

The Ocean at the End of the Lane is a fable that reshapes modern fantasy: moving, terrifying and elegiac - as pure as a dream, as delicate as a butterfly's wing, as dangerous as a knife in the dark, from storytelling genius Neil Gaiman. It began for our narrator forty years ago when the family lodger stole their car and committed suicide in it, stirring up ancient powers best left undisturbed. Dark creatures from beyond the world are on the loose, and it will take everything our narrator has just to stay alive: there is primal horror here, and menace unleashed - within his family and from the forces that have gathered to destroy it. His only defence is three women, on a farm at the end of the lane. The youngest of them claims that her duckpond is ocean

Для нашего рассказчика все началось сорок лет назад, когда жилец семьи угнал их машину и свел в ней счеты с жизнью, тем самым пробудив древние силы, которые лучше не тревожить. Темные существа из потустороннего мира разгуливают на свободе, и рассказчику придется многим пожертвовать, чтобы остаться в живых. Он испытает первобытный ужас, встретившись лицом к лицу с невероятной угрозой, затаившейся в его семье и среди противостоящих им сил. Рассказчику остается надеяться лишь на трех женщин, живущих на ферме в конце переулка. Одна из них считает, что пруд за их домом – это самый настоящий океан. Остальные утверждают, что помнят Большой взрыв • Роман Нила Геймана «Океан в конце дороги» – это сказка, навсегда изменившая современный жанр фэнтези. Она волнующая, пугающая и печальная, чистая, как мечта, нежная, как крыло бабочки, опасная, как нож в темноте

In 1998 John Wood worked for Microsoft in Australia. He was a busy, successful man. Then he went on vacation to Nepal and visited a school in a Himalayan village, this changed his life. He helped the school and decided to change the World! He started the charity ‘Room to Read’

The New York Times bestselling author examines how people can drive creative, moral, and organisational progress—and how leaders can encourage originality in their organisations • How can we originate new ideas, policies and practices without risking it all? Adam Grant shows how to improve the world by championing novel ideas and values that go against the grain, battling conformity, and bucking outdated traditions • Using surprising studies and stories spanning business, politics, sports, and entertainment, Grant explores how to recognize a good idea, speak up without getting silenced, build a coalition of allies, choose the right time to act, and manage fear and doubt. Parents will learn how to nurture originality in children, and leaders will discover how to fight groupthink to build cultures that welcome dissent

In a world where people spend more time engaging through screens than in real-life interaction, showing basic human kindness can feel like a lost art. Be Kind offers children aged 5 and up simple, actionable things they can do in their daily lives that help them cultivate kindness toward others and grow into people with the capacity to make the world a kinder place • In Be Kind, kids learn that kindness is a quality that can be expressed in ways other than merely being “nice,” including standing up for someone or something, engaging in a community, showing compassion toward other beings, and expressing gratitude. With joyful illustrations and kid-friendly writing, this idea book serves as a delightful, easy-to-read collection of 125 concrete activities kids and their families can pick and choose from and act out in their daily lives, whether it’s being the first person to say good morning, offering compliments, shoveling an elderly neighbor’s driveway, learning to say hello in different languages, or sending a card to someone — no special occasion required

Чу – маленькая панда, которая очень громко чихает – собирается на пляж! Как и все панды, он очень любит пляжи, ведь там столько всего интересного – чайки, мороженное и вода! Чу замечательно проводит время, и разве что-то может пойти не так, когда рядом море, песок и солнце? • «День панды Чу на пляже» – это милая и забавная история для детей от писателя Нила Геймана из серии о малыше Чу и его громких чихах • Книга на английском языке • Chu, the little panda with the Big sneeze, is Back - and this time he's going to the seaside! Like all pandas, Chu Loves the seaside. There are seagulls and rock pools and ice cream. Chu will have a lovely day, and with all that sea, sand and sun, what could possibly go wrong?

От лауреата многочисленных премий Нила Геймана - захватывающе дурацкое, умопомрачительно глубокое, блестяще сумасбродное приключение с великолепными иллюстрациями Криса Ридделла • Мама в отъезде. Папа за главного. Молока нет. Ни чаю с молоком выпить, ни хлопья не поесть. Папа спасает положение, отправившись за молоком. Вот, собственно, и все, что происходит. Ну очень скучно. Уже слышите, как я зеваю? • Но ведь папа пошёл за молоком и конечно, тут же попал в невероятные приключения! Приключения с пиратами и путешествиями во времени, динозаврами и древними цивилизациями, инопланетянами и вампирами • «К счастью, молоко…» – это несерьезная, сумасбродная и невероятно глубокая книга для детей за авторством лауреата многочисленных премий Нила Геймана с великолепными иллюстрациями Криса Ридделла

Neal Stephenson follows his highly-praised historical novels, Quicksilver and The Confusion, with the extraordinary third and final volume of the Baroque Cycle • The year is 1714. Daniel Waterhouse has returned to England, where he joins forces with his friend Isaac Newton to hunt down a shadowy group attempting to blow up Natural Philosophers with 'Infernal Devices' - time bombs. As Daniel and Newton conspire, an increasingly vicious struggle is waged for England's Crown: who will take control when the ailing queen dies? • Tories and Whigs clash as one faction jockeys to replace Queen Anne with 'The Pretender' James Stuart, and the other promotes the Hanoverian dynasty of Princess Caroline. Meanwhile, a long-simmering dispute between Newton and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz comes to a head, with potentially cataclysmic consequences

The trouble with lies is they have a tendency to catch a man out • The last thing Hugh Standish, Earl of Fareham, wants is a wife. But since the only way to keep his mother's matchmaking ways at bay is the promise of impending nuptials, Hugh takes the most logical action: he invents a fake fiancee • It's the perfect plan - until Hugh learns that his mother is on a ship bound for England to meet his 'beloved'. He needs a solution fast, and when he collides with a mysterious beauty, he might just have found the answer to his prayers • Minerva Merriwell is desperate for money to support her sisters, and although she knows that posing as the Earl's fiancee might seem nonsensical, it's just too good an offer to refuse • As the Merriwells descend upon Hugh's estate, the household is thrown into turmoil as everyone tries to keep their tangled stories straight